Table of Contents

Part 1: Basic Issues in the Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
1. Overview of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice
2. The Person of the Counselor
3. Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Part 2: Major Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques
4. Psychoanalytic Therapy
5. Adlerian Therapy
6. Jungian Therapy
7. Existential Therapy
8. Person-Centered Therapy
9. Gestalt Therapy
10. Reality Therapy
11. Behavior Therapy
12. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
13. Marital and Family Therapy
Part 3: A Christian Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy
14. Christian Theology in Christian Counseling: A Biblical Perspective on Human Nature and Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy
15. Christian Faith in Clinical Practice: Implicit and Explicit Integration
16. The Holy Spirit and Christian Spirituality in Counseling and Psychotherapy
17. Legal and Ethical Issues in Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy
Appendix: Is Psychotherapy Effective?
Index

About the Author

Siang-Yang Tan (PhD, McGill University) is professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and senior pastor of First Evangelical Church Glendale. He has written numerous books, including Lay Counselling, Disciplines of the Holy Spirit, and Coping with Depression.